(noun.) a thief who steals from someone by threatening violence.
手打:雷切尔
双语例句
Tell him that we yield to his rapacity, as in similar circumstances we should do to that of a literal robber. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
This done, Madame would send Désirée out for a walk with her _bonne_, and profit by her absence to rob the robber. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Probably the most interesting of them all is the great Robber-crab, which is found on certain islands of the Pacific. 佚名.神奇的知识之书.
Whose good lance, replied the robber, won the prize in to-day's tourney? 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Courage and ambition, when not regulated by benevolence, are fit only to make a tyrant and public robber. 戴维·休谟.人性论.
Is it a robber who has made his way through the open street-door, and lies there in wait? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
Pa,' said Lavinia, 'we have got a Robber. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
I should have such strength,' muttered the robber, poising his brawny arm, 'that I could smash your head as if a loaded waggon had gone over it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
If a robber, he will stab me, if I make a noise, or desire my maid to call for help. 哈里特·威尔逊.哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
We shall see that presently, said the robber; and, speaking to his companions, he added, bring along the knave. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
I am no robber. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Now,' said the robber, 'come and sit aside of me, and put on your own face; or I'll alter it so, that you won't know it agin when you do want it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
Do I look like a robber! 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
You appear to take it for granted that, although the door was forced, the robber never got in. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯回忆录.
A light was procured accordingly, and the robber proceeded to examine the purse. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
A forfeit--a forfeit, shouted the robbers; a Saxon hath thirty zecchins, and returns sober from a village! 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
This must have been well known to the robbers, or they would not have acted as they did. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯归来记.
Rascally, pettifogging robbers! 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
I know that you _are_ not, nor ever were, subject to material terrorsfears of robbers, &c. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
This poor child can never have been the pupil of robbers! 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
Hast thou brought home thy charge, sirrah Gurth, or hast thou left them to robbers and marauders? 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
You are,' continued Mr. Pickwick, resuming the thread of his discourse- -'you are a well-matched pair of mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
It is all summed up in that,' rejoined Mr. Pickwick; 'they are mean, rascally, pettifogging robbers. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
There is honor among thieves, and a band of robbers has a common interest as respects its members. 约翰·杜威.民主与教育.
Gentle thieves they are, in short, and courteous robbers; but it is ever the luckiest to meet with them when they are at the worSt. How so, Wamba? 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
In those days, travellers were very shy of being confidential on a short notice, for anybody on the road might be a robber or in league with robbers. 查尔斯·狄更斯.双城记.
I only hope this'll teach master not to have any more of these dreadful creatures, that are born to be murderers and robbers from their very cradle. 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
If robbers abounded, tax-gatherers and creditors had disappeared. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Will you return to this gang of robbers, and to this man, when a word can save you? 查尔斯·狄更斯.雾都孤儿.
You hold our friends for robbers, then? 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.